The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-04-01
The Sunny South Again.
MORE TESTIMONY THEREON.

The following we take take pleas
ure IN reproducing tIom the South
ern Lice Stock JoayRdl, from Col.
VIM. Sigerson, OF Ocean Springs.
The Colonel is one among the many
newcomers of this section who are
enthusiastic over the results of
their experience. What better tes-
timouy coahl any man wish or ex-
pect:
| subscribed one day last week
for your valuable paper; am IN re-
ceipt OF The paper: OF the 10th and
find it all it purports to be. / am a
new conner in the SOutA-I spent
two winters in New Orleans as one
of the commissioners from the
great State of Indiana at he great
cotton centennial, aud was return
ed again to the North Central and
South American rXpOsitiOn-and
during my sojourn in New Orleans
| visited Ocean Springs, aud be-
came infatuated with the country
and purchased farm, and | am
spending some time in improving
it, and trying to say a good word
tor this lovely coast country. |
know the country well, from New
York to Cheyenne aud from Chic
ago to the Gulf of Mexico. Have
been engaged in active business
nearly sixty year, aud | say this
county, jackson county, is the best
country OH the globe, for the price
of il; still it passes tor "a poor
country. But no country l have
seen that presents so many advan-
TIA ges as this. We have tine fishing
and oyster land, and ut least we
have the place to plant aud grow
the oysters by the millions; then
our climate is most eXhllaratIng,
and for grass and stock range il
cannot be cxceIled. | have only
been heie since last April, and l
have travelled pretty thorough y
over the country in the dry part of
the summer and tall, aud | have
remarked That no country | ever
travelled through gave such an
abundance of pure waler for cattle
or Shpep---and thousands OF cattle
and sheep live and 90 W,li here the
year round on the uaiiyG grasses,
and wtca we get the Bermuda
aud LcSpedczd introduced thor
ou2hly, this will be the garden spot
tor ddlrying.
notice your country about
Starkville is making rapid strides
in the dairy business. In lndiana
we did II large amount OF dairy
business OH land tom $50 to 500
per acre here he land can be bad
for from 81 to 50, well watered aud
grass the year rOund-thtn the
people here are not an agricultural
people, and will not hear to com
mencing any new enterprise, but
cling to the old plans laid down to
them by their fathers. L have a
neighbOr who showed what could be
done; he raised so bushels of up.
laud rice to The acre and 1850 bush
els of sweet potatoes on three acres,
and he eau do it again. / see the
fourth crop on my neighborS land
since November one year aaO /
have the fourth crop on piece Of
land since Aprll 10Th last. The
last crop will all he off aud another
growing before The 10Th OF April.
But lam from the North, and | am
enthusiastic about the climate and
the prospect. nave advised our
citizens to raise the pear aud liz aud
pecan. | can show trees in this
county that produced $50 worth Of
pecaus to the tree last year. | can
show capitalists that to plant
1000 acres of OuI cheap land, and
give il that attention it should have
10y thorough cropping and work
that an orchard should have, and
at the end of ten years it would pay
in lruit or nuts an Interest OF 6 per
cent on 81 900 per acIe on the laud.
Then 1 see another industry that is
sadly neglected here, that is mule
raising. A mule can'be raised here
until he is three years old at "A cost
of $50 per head. That cost will
include paying tue interest OG the
cost of the land, interest on the
price OF the mule aud the service of
the Jack. Still no capital here 10
embark in an enterprise of that
kind aud will guarantee more
upland rice eau he raised to the acre
here than can be raised on any OF
the land in the Nest, on laud that
will cost man $40 or $50 per acre
aud no feed of any OF the cereals
for feeding young mules that will
begin to equal the lice, cut IN the
dough, amI fed like We feed oats IA
the North.
ANY gentleman who wants inior
nation about this county, L VIII
cheerfnlly give IL. | am an old
man. and have but little TO do. have
come here To grow up with the
country. viii plant 100 acres in
L. Come years as fast as l can get
my land prepared. Have planted
80. 600 Young ones this spring. viii
also plant 80 acres figs, this is the
hone of the pfar. hg, pecan and
Concord grape. Our Strawberries
are getting ripe.
foms very truly.